The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 26, 1894, Image 4
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Gertrude Kind's Credit. J
It was the "opening day" of ono of \
the groat dry goods stores on tho loud- >
in?4" uvonuo i?f tho city. Woraon crowd- ?.
ed, clerks rushed, money linked and ^
changed hands. c
Coming out from tho crowd two <
fushionably dressed young women sto|>- v
pod in front of tho door to have a parting
word. i
" 1 never can go home without that (
lovely bonnet," tho younger of the two t
declared. ^
"And wouldn't your papa got it for
you V" innocently queried tho other. j
"No; and it is only twenty-seven \
dollars! So becoming, too. I never t
had one wish gratified." declared the )
child of wealth and luxury, "not ono." \
" Why Gertrude King 1 j
At tho sound of a familiar voice Ger- {
trude King turned quickly to face a
u'nll-lr?nwn f Om
I V? VWVWVJ, J_
who was pushing hor wav through tho |
great mass of fashionably dressed wo- H
men. laden with a basket piled full of
bundles. }
" Why, Mrs. Dunlop," exclaimed ,
Gertrude, " whore are you going ?"
" Gown to Squatter-town. Can't you i
go with mo 'r'1 replied the woman,
whoso groat philanthropies had won ^
for her a wide renown.
" Can't I ?" said tho young lady look- g
ing back to bid "good-bye" to hor j,
friend, who was disappearing in the f
crowd. "Indeed I cannot. 1 am not 1
in a proper framo of mind to go any i
where, 1 assure you." Unconsciously, f
though, tho young lady walked leisurely
by the philanthropist's side chatting ,
of the "great opening" and the eh- i
cant bonnet she would buy if she only t
had tho money. I
Gertrude lling was naturally a generous
hearted, happy girl, with few
responsibilities save the arduous duties ]
imposod by society. I
" 1 did want that bonnet so badly," ?,
said Gertrude, as they turned off the
avenue on a side street. 1
" And couldn't you have it?" qucr- t
ied Mrs. Dunlop, with transitory in- ..
torost. I
"No, papa said it was foolishness,
and I had so many now I never wore i
tho same one twice." h
" Ilow much was it !" i
"Only twenty-seven dollars," replied
the young lady.
" Possibly by tomorrow you will be t
glad you didn't buy it." suggested Mrs. j
Dunlop, shifting her bundle.
" Hy tomorrow I'll just bosick in bod I
over it," emphasized Gertrude.
" 1 wanted it to wear to Mabel Flom- i
ing's reception tonight, and now 1 shall
not jaro one step. VV here uro you going, I
anyway V" i
Pleased with the influence already j
exerted, the philanthropist calmly replied
: $
44 Conio with me, and I will show
you." t
Thoy had reached an alley that led 1
to 41 Squatter-town," where lived the
most destitute, forlorn and miserable 4
peoplo in the city. t
44 Mercy," exclaimed tho young lady,
44 Are you going this way ?" t
44 Yes ; it saves so much walking."
44 Hut this is awful," declared Ger- t
trude, tip-toeing over the cobble stones. I
44 Have you ever come this way be- i
fore V"
44 Many times. You may as well come,
too," commented Mrs. Dunlop, smiling 1
slightly. t
44 I'll have to," said Gertrude. 44 I'd t
be afruid to go back without you."
They pushed on down tho alley, past j
the grimy coal sheds and broken drays,
over tin cans and piles of rubbish, on 1
to the rear door of an old tenement i
building.
Mrs. Dunlop entered without cere- <
mony ; Gertrude followed, and closed c
the old rickety door behind her. s
Oni?r> witliin On.
v..%/v t< ?viiiu) i/iiu iih;miui v v;? niU
groat emporium and its wealth of elegant
goods quickly faded from her ti
mind. Instead, there came before her \
a living picture of hunger and destitu- f
tion, suffering and disease.
On a lounge in the corner of the c
room lay the wasted form of a woman v
apparently thirty-live years old. There c
was no lire in the room, and though f
the sun was warm and bright without, t
the placo was damp and chilly. A s
soiled and worn patchwork quilt was r
thrown over the woman. By her side, j
propped in a wooden arm chair, with
large bandages about both feet and the .1
left arm, was the mother's only sup- v
poit, "little Jim," the newsboy who f
had been crushed under the wheels of
the hose cart the week before. n
Two wooden chairs, a bed in a corn- t
er, and an old cupboard with a few e
plates and cups and saucers in it, and y
a table with one leaf. That comprised
the furniture. t
Gertrude stood in the middle of the \
room, powerless to move. c
At sight of the philanthropist's face f
the wasted woman reached out her
hand, smiled and exclaimed : 1
"(J, 1 knew you would como. God
always sends you." (
Drawing oil her gloves, Mrs. Dun- j
lop took the invalid's hand and said (
cheerfully: ]
Of course I would como. Why
didn't you let me know long ago where i
you had moved? This is Miss King, a I
now friend whom I have brought to see
you," said the benefactress. I
Gertrude stood like one suddenly ac- 1
cused of a wrong. j
The woman merely inclined her
head, then nodded toward theunpaint- i
ed wooden chair and feebly apologized :
"Sorry 1 haven't any cushion." (
Mrs. Dunlon snot.hml tlx*
forehead, straightened the pillow, then
turned to the boy with tt cherry smile.
" And how is Jinimie?"
" I'd be good nufT if I hud suthin to
eat," bravely replied the lad.
Well, you shall have something to
eat," said Mrs. Dunlop. " Haven't you
had any dinner today ?"
Not in two days, replied the boy.
"Miss Hansom what gave us some
moved away coz she didn't pay her
rent. We's all right, tho', till 1 got
smashed under tho hose cart," ho added,
proudly, the memory of having
earned enough by selling papers to af- i
ford himself and invulid mother a sustenance
lllling his heart with honest
pride. i
"Ofcourse vou wore," said tho philanthropist.
'i'hen she began to take
the thincs r?nt. ef t)w. linn.lln a . . i..
v.. v v? viiv 1/uiJUii;. j\n Dire
brought out ono needed article after
another tlie invalid drew herself up in
her eagerness and hat without a prop
for the first time in threo months.
And what a host of things the hone- <
factress had brought 1 Sheets, pillow
eases, a clean calico wrapper, underclothing,
stockings, some new shirU
for "Little Jim," several handkorchiefs,
a pair of slippers, some towels,
a muslin curtain for the window and a
box of pretty picture cards. I
There was a little basket of proviaions
loo, with bread and cake and cold
moats, and a cup of jolly ; but the supply
wai not largo, and there win no
lire to make the tea she had inteded i
to prepare.
"Little Jim " had the free use of his i
rood right arm and very soon ho was
ating tho delicious cold inoat and
>road and cnko. while his benefactress
ed him and his mother the jelly, and
icld the bouquet of (lowers for them to
nhalc.
Powerless to move or speak. (Jer-rudo
Kiug merely stood and Htared.
she had otTered no word of sympathy :
ipeeeh scented beyond her command,
suddenly noticing that the basket was
miptiod she caught up the handle,
pened the door and carried it forth
vithout it word.
Unmindful of the cobblo stones or
he draymen who made way for her,
Jertrudo rushed with all possible spued
o t he nearest grocery, placed the basket
on tho counter and exclaimed :
" 1 want three pounds ol tea, live
tounds of coffee, ten pounds of sugar,
wo pounds of crackers, ti roll of hater.
a dozen breakfast cakes, a dozen
emons, a dozen oranges, and a loaf of
tomc-mado bread. And 1 want you to
>ut thorn in the basket and charge
horn to mo."
" Hut 1 don't know you," said the
food-humorod grocery man, smiling at
lor enthusiasm aud divining her mision.
" 1 am Gertrude King." sho explained
lurriedly. " My father is J. N. King,
?f King, Harding & Co."
" O, very well ; I'll charge them to
ilm, then, will I ?"
"No, sir. charge them to mo; my
srcdit is good."
Then she hurried to a furniture storo
icross the street where she was well
icq ua in ted. Slie bought, two coniortable
arm rocking chairs, a stool for
' Little .1 iin " to rest his feet upon, an
ngrain rug. and a little circular stand
'or the bouquet of (lowers.
" They are to be charged to mo and
lolivered to Mrs. Cranville at The
tookery. in Squatter Town," sho di ccted
when the last selection had
)eeii made.
The clerk looked amazed.
" Where ?" he stammered out, uttory
taken back and doubting if the
inn would deliver goods in that lo ality.
" T(? Mrs. Cranville, The Rookory,
Squatter Town,' " sho repeated with
iven stronger emphasis. "Please
lend them immediately, and charge the
>i 11 to mo."
The clerk stood looking after her in
i vl i >11 isli mi ill ( ;)ni>i>iiiir <woi? lii.v
ihouidor, Gertrudo noddod and said
irmly :
" My credit is good."
Going buck to the grocery store she
ashed in and further surprised tho
iropric tor i?y exclaiming :
41 J forgot. 1 want you to send a
mrrel of llour down to 'Squatter
Pown' immediately, and charge it to
no."
44 Very we'l. Anything else, Miss
\ing ?" he asked, growing interested
n her purchases, and taking down the
iddress she gave him.
44 Well, yes; have you a little oil
stove ?"
".lust one left, Miss King. Will
dose it out at a bargain. You may
iuvo that stove for two dollars."
44 Very well, 1 will take it," sue said.
' Please add two gallons of oil, and
send the whole down at once."
44 Certainly, Miss King. You wish
.he other parcels delivered ?"
"1 am going to deliver them myself,"
she informed him, taking up the
landlo of the basket and starting toivard
the door.
Wellt i deolaro !"
Unheeding' the remark, Gertrude
lurried to the door, llers was a prettw.......
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tj U\J(IV J MMIU, (VUU U IIUII rw I U I'UUCIIUU
,!io alloy the task was much harder,
rhorc was no hoy in sight, so hIio tugjed
away alono.
At last she reached the tonemont
louse door, little realizing that an hour
md a quarter had elapsed.
She went in without knocking, hut
Irew back in astonishment us her eye
aught sight of the occupants and their
miling, happy faces.
The place was transformed.
The furniture had been delivered
md put in place by the philanthropist,
vho was just taking the steaming tea
rom the oil stove as Gertrude entered.
1 leistered in the arm chair, with the
lean calico wrapper on and her dark,
vavy hair brushed and coiled in a (Ireiun
knot, the invalid mother was comortubly
established by the little oener
table, where the vase of llowers
cattered rich perfume, and where aloud
y two cups and saucers had been
daced for the steaming beverage.
In the other new chair was little
im, proudly resting in his new clothes
I'hich the philanthropist had brought
or him.
The ingrain rug was of generous dinensions
and made rest for weary feet
hat had not known the luxury of a
lovorcd floor for many long, lonely
ears.
'* You are better, I know," said (Jorrude,
feeling justified in offering a
vord ?>f sympathy now that she had
oimi ouceu fioimamiif,' 10 ineir coniort.
Tho sick woman smiled and nodded,
>ut could not lind her voice.
Going to the door. Gertrude took out
me of the paper hags from the basket,
jot a plate from the cupboard, set it
>11 the stand, and made a great yellow
pile of luscious, fresh oranges.
Would you like one ?" she asked,
noticing the eager look on the boy's
faeo.
A great big tear that rolled down his
face and fell upon his bandaged hand
was all the answer " Little Jim " could
jive.
While Gertrude peoled and sliced
tin orange for each invalid, Mrs. Dunlop
unloaded the fresh supplies amidst
exclamations of joy and gratefulness,
and put them safely away in the cupboard
whoro they would bo ready for
future use.
In the bottom of the basket the goodnatured
grocery limn had tucked in a
pretty motto, which although designed
to advertise a certain brand of cotToo,
was most appropriate and timely. Mrs.
Dunlop took it out, and before they
turned to go pinned it on the wall
where the invalid could see it every
day.
It was the picture of a beautiful lady
giving a crippled boy a cup of coffee.
Underneath, in letters of pretty design.
were the oft-repeated words
which Gertrude King, for the lirst time
in her whole life, realized and understood
:
" it is more blessed to give than to
receive."
Going homo the young philanthropist
added up her hills and found that
Hill!* liilfl i iwnri'o/l n rlnlif ovo.it 1?
?.iVMi a V \? 14 M< I/U V/i V> A( IV V1)
twcnty-HOvon dollars. Six? had no private
bank account and ho mcntall}
commented tiiat it might take sonic
little time to save enough from hoi
"pin money" to liquidate the debt.
But she was happy in the sacrifice and
ran lightly up the *t<-ps.
In the hall she met her father.
" And so you have come at last," he
greeted ; " well, it is only f> o'clock.
You will have time to go hack and get
your bonnet. I do not wish to spoil
your pleasure. Here is tho money.
lUohard is waiting and will drive you
down.
He gave hor a roll of hills, twenty
seven dollars in all.
" You tire ho good, pupa," she said,
tind hastened to the waiting carriage.
Onoo out of sight nlto instructed
Hichurd to drive to Koes' grocery and
Cranville's furnlturo store, and before
the city Inill clock struck six site hud
paid her debts and was driving home
with a huppy heart.
tiortrude did not attend the reception
that evoning. Site gathered the
tunily around tho library tattle in-tea
and told them tlie story of her utternoon
adventures.
When she had finished there were
tears in the mother's eyes, but a proud
look was upon the father's face. While
he approved of the noble sacrifice she
had muoe, ho wfls far more gratified to
know that his fellow-townsmen esteemed
him so highly that his daughter's
credit was good.
! FARLEY ON THE SITUATION.
IMS KXPHItlKNCK IN TIIK ItKCFAT
TIlOl! HI.MS.
I Iio Ad jutant (icncral GIvch lli? VcrHion
of t lit* A llaii'at llai'liiiKton?He
Olicycd Oiili'fs and Worked for
Peace?Home Itary < Miservalioiis on
i In* Political Outlook.
From tlie ( recnvllle Mnunt ilneor.*
Goncral Hugh L. Farley was In
Croonvillo a few days ago on routo to
tho ro-union of his old command in
Laurens County. Upon meeting with
him at tho Mansion House tho editor
of Tho Mountaineer asked him a
few questions concerning tho recent
stirring events in this State, with
which he was so prominently and intimately
connected, and he very courteously
complied with tho request to
talk on the subject. His observations
are so pertinent and forcible, revealing
the inward history of events at Darlington
and Florence, that wo propose
to share with the public the interesting
statements made by General Farley.
Ho is absolutely fail* in the statements
made concerning post ovents, and his
comments upon the political situation
will not fail to command attention. His
conservatism as a citizen and public
otlicial is no less marked than his devotion
and sincerity as a lioforintr, for
ho was one of the earliest, and
stauuehest advocates of tlio measures
which crystallized the Farmers' Movement
and upon which the campaign of
1 Stio was fought.
"General, it seems that some of the
newspapers are trying to make it appear
that there was antagonism between
yourself and Governor Tillman,
with reference to the conduct of affairs
at Darlington and Florence during the
recent troubles. Would you object to
giving t he time inwardness of the whole
matter V"
"On the contrary, 1 am anxious that
the matter shall be put perfectly right,
out of justice to both Governor Tillman
and myself. Lotus at least attempt to
be fair to Governor Tillman, because
there is so much parti/.anship and misrepresentation
at this time that every
occurrence is made use of for some one
or other political purpose. From the
beginning of this trouble there was an
attempt made to make me say things
that I did not say. For instance, that
I had said and telegraphed to Governor
Tillman from Darlington soon after my
arrival that there was no insurrection,
no need for martial law and no use for
troops, which I did not say at all. 1
am too old and experienced an ollicer
to be guilty of the presumption of
volunteering my opinions to my stipepirn*
n n lnuu uc\/iul liom A
1 .VI Minvoo ??on vvi MM II11; 111. /I II > Ulir
reading my report will see that Governor
Till man simply instructed me to
keep him advised as to the true situation,
and it will also be seen that these
instructions were strictly complied
with. Knowing my duty 1 kept my
mouth closed and awaited orders, {jiving
no information to any one. If Governor
Tillman had asked my advice in
regard to such matters 1 would have
given it frankly and cordially, but 1
was only told to remain at Darlington
and take command of any troops that
might be ordered to that point. When
1 received the information that troops
were on their way, I communicated
that fact to the mayor and citizens of
Darlington, as 1 was instructed to do
by the Governor's telegram, and then
took steps to secure a proper and
orderly reception of General Kichhourg's
eommond. 1 have never intended
to give public expression to my
opinion as to the necessity of sending
troops to Darlington, because it is not
consistent with my position as Adjutant
General to criticise the actions of
my superior officer, the chief executive
of the State, i deemed it quite
sufficient to keep him posted as to the
situation so that he could exercise bis
own discretion, because the responsibility
rested upon him. Since it has
been made to appear, however, that I
did these things, and since I am relieved
from the official obligation of
keeping silent, out of justice to both
.Governor Tillman and myself, I do not
hesitate to say what would have been
my advice if he had sought it.
" When the riot occurred in Darlington,
the information received by the
Governor was necessarily meagre, and
during the riot there was of courso a
f . if ii I uilcilnneSnn nf ?? 1 1 ! ?? ? I f * f - -
.u,?. ?mu|m iioiv/ii vri (111 Kin. II 1/1115 |
troops in Columbia, had boon allowed
to obey orders. I am satisfied that the
power of the eivil law would have been
restored within twenty-four or thirtysix
hours. While I found peaoo and
quiet, in the town of Darlington, it was
the calm after tho storm. I do not
hesitate to say that some military
force, in addition to tho local militia,
was necessary for the restoration of the
status existing prior to the outbreak.
Governor Tillman may have been mistaken
as to the exact measures or
amount of force necessary to restore
tiie status, hut I do not think tiiat any
impartial observer would blame him
for taking ample steps to bring ihe
community back to its normal condition.
Indeed, after we had been
thwarted in our first efforts to secure
troops, ho could not relinquish bis purpose
of restoring order without sacrificing
the dignity of the State and apparently
surrendering tho prerogatives
of his office. Any other course would
havo mado it appear to tho outside
vorld that his hands were tied and his
(fficial power was paialyzed, and the
moral effect would have boon irremoliable.
The fact that Constable MoLondon
had to be taken from the jail
and carried to a place of safety in order
to escape lynching, (much to the
relief of the good citizens of Darlingt.Mii
a j I liutituin tit l/nnuf \ io /w?n/ilnol?'A
W"il| * <> ? ?1? UIIVH t / IO ?,V?IIV/lUl)i? U
evidoneo that tho civil law wan not
loomed sufficient to control the situaion.
Without sufficient force tho in?
atigations that wero mcessary in
Darlington, nioro particularly the injucht,
which was and ought to have
km!!) hold, could not have been made
vith saf. ty, because it wua imperatively
necessary that the constables should
>e present to testify. Tlio necessity
.vus not so grout at Florence, but tho
presence of the troops utoithoror both
p luces did no harm, and gave assurance
to tin* world that South Carolina 1
was capable of f'cstoring ordor und j
maintaining peuco within its own
borders."
" Was there any clash between yourself
and the Governor, and are there
any differences betwixt you?"
"There are no personal differences
except of political opinion on some
minor matters. I see that strenuous
efforts are being made to create such
an impression by putting a forced construction
upon the telegram which passed
in regard to my course at Klorence.
Tho matter was very easily explained
and settled between us, and it ought
to he clear from my report that there
was a misapprehension on his partus
to tho course I was pursuing. This is
evident, too, from the marked contrast
of his last telegram tome with those
which preceded, in which ho cautions
iiiu n> hi mi i id iiiuier in an aggravate
tho situation, net with vigor whero I
thought it wus Bufo, and entrusted
everything to my own discretion in
accordance with his general orders/'
"General, would you mind saying
what you think as to the riot being
accidental or did it have a political
bearing V"
"Tho personal light or beginning
was purely accidental, but the riot
which followed it arose out of the excitement
produced by the enforce*
tuent of the dispensary law. The
public mind was evidently in an inilanunable
state, or tho thing would
have been impossible."
"Is there anything of political
significance in the response made by
the people and a part of tho militia
after Columbia and Charleston has
refused to obey
"Of course, there are always some
partisans on such occasions, but a
large majority of those who responded
ami of those who wore ready to respond
were influenced by a patriotic purpose
to restore good order, support the
existing laws of tho State, and to
prevent the overthrow of the constituted
authorities of the State. It would
not do to ascribe their conduct to a
desire for the promotion of the political
ends of any faction or to tho endorsement
of any special law. They
had higher aiips and purposes in their
support of the State government."
"Is the danger over, and will there
lll? JII1V ll>/>lll>iil f.
tho execution of the disponsury law ?
Or what is the real cause of the present
agitation in South Carolina?"
"I have said as much as I intended,
hut si nee you ask the question will add
that I fear it is not, unless the
methods of enforcing the dispensary
law are very carefully handled. As to
the real cause of the trouble, I would
say it is money, money, money, instead
of liquor, liquor, liquor. It is the
profit feature of the law which will
eventually have to go. One hundred
per cent is too great a temptation for
the average 1 blind tiger' to resist,
oven though ho may risk his life in
yielding to it. Besides, the 'tiger' is
blind to any moral wrong on his part
in selling liquor for profit when lie
sees the State engaged in the same
business. Legalizing it in his mind
does not change the moral aspect. Kill
the profit feature and you kill the
blind tiger. Let the profits remain
in the pockets of the people, which is
the best treasury the State can have.
The remedy would seem to he a modification
and simplification of the law,
by tho abolishment of the State dispensary,
the substitution of a simple purchasing
and auditing agent, relegating
control of the local dispensaries to
the counties and holding the right of
local option inviolable."
' General, is there anything to ho
specially dreaded in tho coining campaign
?
" Well, you know that 1 sounded a
noto of w'urning in my 'Christmas
Reflections' of last yea**, when I appealoil
to albpartios for greater moderation
in political action and discussion.
That warning has sineo been repeated
by me, ami 1 must confess that 1 look
with great anxiety to the immediate
future. 1 sec no real cause for contlict
if the right spirit prevailed in the
State, because all of the reforms we
have advocated are accomplished facts
and dead issues. The dispensary law
is not a reform measure of itself, nor
lias it been adopted by the Reform
party. It must bo made one before
they feel bound by it. Outside of the
desire for ollico, the dispensary seems
to lie the sole cause of dissension.
1 know our people that they are brave
and fearless, and they are not oven
rfraid of each other. We may well
ask the question, if this is the beginning
of the campaign, what will be the
end of it V Surely we can come down
to the discussion of so small a matter
in u dispassionate way, and itbohooves
every right thinking citizen of either
faction to consider well the abryss
that lies before us. If this excitement
is allowed to increase, there is great
danger that South Carolina will soon
become an armed camp of doubting,
hating distrustful factions which at any
moment may be brought into bloody,
riotous contlict. The result would be
doubtful, and noone would bobonolited,
while the masses of our people would
IniUn /till tf iMiin "/I * :
.....v outj urn film uunwiMiiuii I
thorn in tlio fuco, and the United States |
government alone could restore poace
and good order. Much will depend
upon tlio courage and self-control of the
moderate men in both factions. They
are the only hope of the State in such
an emergency. They are largely in
the majority, and their highest interest
and patriotism demand that
they control the situation."
j i
It WasTIIKCat ?Two tramps, one
from Green Krin and the other from
the land of sauer-krout and beer, one
night, excessively hungry, struck a
farmhouse, the owner of vfhich would
give them a lodging, but no food. So
to bed they went supporlosa.
About twelvo o'clock Hans got up,
and went softly down to the pantry.
Having eaten a hearty meal, ho returned,
being compelled to pass
through the farmer s bedchamber.
When ho got buck. Put questioned
him as to how ho had pass Cerberus.
"An* did ye not wake him up?" he
asked.
Ya," answered Hans; "but I yoost
stunt shtill, und say, 'Miaow, miaow."
" Begorra. but yon aught to ho an
(irishman" said Pat. " I'll do tho same
mesclf."
And, rising, he went slowly and
cautiously down. Hut lie was no more
suecosssful than Hans. Ashe enterod
tlio farmer's room, he stumbled over a
shoe, kicked a eha'r, and awoke the
farmer who cried angrily :
" Who's there ?"
on, lay Hthlil," said Pat, " Oi'm
the cat." '
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?The influence of forests in protecting
the water supply is well illustrated
in the ease <<f (ireeco. In ancient days
she possessed 7.500,000 acres of forest.
To-day she has hardly 2,000,000 ucrey,
and the scarcity of water ami other Injurious
climatic ptTcuts are traceable
to the destruction of the trees.
AN K1?I80I>K OF TUB WAR.
Gencrol llolu-rtM ThoihIih Farewell
AdilrcKK to His Iti i^ailo.
Tho sudden retirement of Gonoral
Robert Toombs from the command of
hiH brigade was ono of the most interestinglmisodes
of the war.
General Toombs, us is well known,
failed to obey an order of bis majorgeneral
commanding relative to moving
upon tho enemy. Ho afterwards
said, " Good Lord, did ho expect mo
to put my hand on tho enemy ?"
General Too tubs was put under
arrest but bo was never court murtialed,
and was allowed to withdraw
as eominander of the brigade.
Tho following characteristic address
was issued to tho brigade by 'Jen.
Toombs in parting from them :
Kk ii.mond. Va., March 5th, 1868.
To the Ollicors and Men of Tooinl s'
Brigade :
Soldiers Today I cease to command
you. I have resigned my commission
as brigadier-general in the provisional
army of tho Confederate States. Tho
separation fro'a you is deeply painful
to mo. I do not doom it proper on this
occasion to enter into a detail of the
causes which impose tl.is duty upon
me. It is only necessary now forme
to say that, under existing circumstances,
in my judgment, I could no
longer hold my commission under l*resident
Davis with advantago to my
country, or to you, or with honor to
myself. I cannot separate from you
without the expression of my warmest
attachment to you. and admiration of
your noble and heroic conduct from
tho beginning of this great struggle to
the present time. You left your wives
and children* kindred, friends, homos,
property and pursuits at the very fir.it
call of your country, and entered her
military service as soon as she was
ready to accept you?and from that
lay to this you have stood, with hut a
few brief intervals, in sight of the
public enemy, or within hearing of his
guns. I'pon your arrival in Virginia
in tho summer of you were incorporated
into the army of the
i'otomao ; you have shared with that
army in an listens, lis suiierillgs, Its
hardships, and perils and contributed
at least your full share to its glorious
career. You have been in the front,
the post of danger and of honor, on all
the great battlefields in Northern
Virginia and Maryland, from Yorktown
to Sharpsburg; neither disheartened
by the death of comrades
and friends, or disease, or toil, or
privations, or sulTerings, or neglect;
nor intimidated by the greatly superior
numbers of the enemy whom you have
often been called upon to meet and to
vanquish ; you have on all occasions
displayed that heroic courage which
has shed undying lustre upon yourselves,
your State, your country and i
her just and holy cause.
Nearly one thousand of the brave <
men who originally composed your
four regiments have fallen, killed or
wounded, in battlo j your dead you
have buried on the battlclleld, siied a
manly tear over them, left " glory to
keep eternal watch *' over their graves,
and passed on to new fields of duty and <
danger.
Though it may seem to bo the
language of extravagant eulogy, it is
the truth, and tit, on this occasion, to
be spoken. You have fairly won the
right to inscribe upon your tattered
war llags, the proud boast of Napoleon's
old guard, '"'ibis brigade knows how
to (lie, but not to yield to the foe."
Courage in the Held is not your only
claim to proud distinction. Since i
took command over you, I have not
preferred a single charge against or
arraigned one of you before a courtmartial.
Your conduct never demanded
of mo such duty. You can
well appreciate the feelings with
which I part from such a command. 1
Nothing less potent than the requirements
of a soldier's honor could, with
my consent, wrench us asunder, while
a single banner of the enemy floated
over one foot of our country. Soldiers! 1
t . i i'V.: i - i iv HI
Vyllllll iUH-'S . L' I'lt'UUH i I' Ul'OW6ll I
It. Toombs.
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Quorum and Bank Tax.?"I am
glad to know," said Col. Evans l\
I iowell, tho famous Georgia editor, at
tlio Metropolitan, " that tlie Democrats
have at last refcolvod on doing something.
Tho action of tho Housocaueus
cuts the Gordian knot in twain, and
tho problem of quorum-getting will no
longer vex Congress or tho country. '
The people generally don't understand '
and don't care a thrip for tho iutricacies 1
of parliamentary law ; they want nction
on the part of4 heir representatives
and they want them to go ahead and :
do business.
"Another thing I want to see Con- '
gross do is to speedily Jiholish the tax 1
on State bunks. No groater measure 1
in the interest of the Democratic party '
and of the whole country could be 1
unacted. Stato banks of issue are imperatively
needed to give that local 1
supply of money which is now obtained
from a distance, and it is nonsense and (
contrary to tho experience of the past 1
to sjiy that those banks cannot be or- 1
ganized on a thoroughly sound basis. 1
In saying this 1 am not making any
war on National banks. Tho latter 1
would favor by allowing them to issue
notes up to the full amount of bonds
held, and I would also renew their
charters. Tho two systems can coexist
without tho least dctrimont. and
together will constitute he best system
of finance that can be devised. The
establishment of Stato banks will do
more than relieve the people by affording
them better facilities for obtaining
money; it will eliminate the embarrassment
of the silver question. With
State banks in operation there will he
no more lighting over free coiqsgo and
silver will be rehabilitated a money
metal in the easiest and most natural
way."?Washington I'ost.
?
? Few people have any notion of the
magnitude of tho fruit export from
California, which in an important
fuutor in tho health of those who live
whore only apples and pears and
peaches thrive, Qno carload consists
of 21,01)0 pounds of fruit and 12,000
pounds of ice. It requires two twelve
wheel compound engines to haul a
fruit train up tho sides of the Hiorra
Nevada mountains and through the
snow sheds and it takes six of these
monster "mountain motors" to start
tho fruit out of tho Sacramento valley
alono on its eastward routo. It required
thirty thousand ears to carry
the fruit output of California to the upprociativoand
highly benefited oitUons
of the Kast in 189d.
?The pure white color of sn6w, as
wo wer? all taught at school, is duo t<.
tho fact that all the elementary colors
of light are blended together in the
radiance thrown olT from tiio innumerable
crystals of which it is composed.
But ail snow is not white, and
exactly why it is not is a puzzle to the
meteorologists. At tho he^d, of ftoly
Cross Crock, Colorado, ;i,nl ?ii several
places on MomU tahastu, California,
blood-rod sqow is found. In Carniolu.
in IdoM, five feet of red Know foil and
was followed by about an inch of tine
blue hail, l'liny mentions snow black, 1
yellow, red and green ^ 1
KAIiljY OFTHK llKPUBMCAN'S. |
An Appeal to the Republican Voters]
in South t'aroliuu.
The foliowin g address to the Republieuns
of this State, urging tnoui to
register and work, has boon issued by
E. y. Br 131 11. of C\ lu.nb a, vs 1 o is a
1110111 her of the National Executive
Committee :
COLUMMIA, April IT. 1804.
Only three registration days remain.
It. is the duty of every Republican who
is not registered, or who has lost his
certificate or changed his residence, to
go to the supervisor at the county
Court House 011 the first Monday in
Muy, .lu 110 or July and obtain a certificate.
The approaching election will
be one of vast importance and great
opportunities to Republicans. The
scheme to set aside the State Constitut
lMII ?i tul ?v*??Lr?? O ?? ?>'* """* !'l 1 *"
v.via uiiu iiiuiw (k liun U1IU MMMiiU III*
stantly arouse the voters. It is fraught
with danger and involves momentous
changes, among which probab;y are
the annulling of the '1 per cont tax for
schools, fixing an educational and property
qualification for the elective
franchise, establishing the chain gang
and whipping post and other obnoxious
provisions. The now Constitution
will not he submitted to the people for
ratification : so that the only ehaneo to
defeat the scheme will be at the next
election, when the question for or
against the constitutional convention
is to be voted on. No Republican who
does not have his registration certificate
can voto. The danger is imminent
and those who now fail to exercise
their privileges will he responsible for
the deprivation of I he rights, liberties
and privileges granted by the present
C institution.
The hostility and disintegration
among the Democrats affords a ehaneo
for the Republicans to exercise their
political rights. Do not throw the opportunity
away. If remiss or recreant
it may be the last chance many will
have to vote in South Carolina. The
whole country is sick of Democratic
rule and incapacity. A revolt against
tiie deplorable condition into which it
has plunged the country, and the distress
and novertv bromrht norm i.h?*
people, is now sweeping over the land.
The strongholds of Democracy in the
North have been overthrown and the
South is doomed to a break-up. The
principles and policy of the Republican
party are being vindicated. In
this State the way is open to elect several
Republican Congressmen and defeat
hostile Democratic legislators as
well as to preserve constitutional rights
from destruction, if systematic efforts
are adopted in each county to enumer- ,
ate and < rganizo the registered voters
by forming them into clubs it will re- I
suit in separating the active and useful
voters from the drones and he a
stimulus to registration.
The emergency is critical and the
call to duty imperative. Therefore
rally, Republicans, and register. Re
alive to your interests and responsibilities.
A man who is not registered
is not a votor, having no more voice in
the affairs of the State than a woman,
a felon or a lunatic, and is a political
outcast. Ellkuy M. Buayton,
Member National Republican Com.
?am- ifl?
? Louisiana, always the sugar State
of the Union, is now the great riee
State, but South Carolina still holds
some of its old prestige as a rice producing
region, says the New York
Evening Rest. It was not a great
many years ago that State produced
more than twice as much rice as any
other State in the Union, but the last
half dozen years or so have been phenomenal
in the South in creating
great changes in its industrial life. In
the prairie parishes of New Orleans
especially has rice growing received a
great impetus, and thousands of farmers
and laborers find their chief employment
in tho Holds, and New Orleans,
as the chief i Ice milling oity of
America, gives work to hundreds of
others. Seventy-live years ago there
was not a rice mill in that city, but
now it contains more than sixteen,
giving employment to ovor fifteen hun1
1 *
trun men. inn mills genorally work I
nil the year, making a steady otnployinont
for those engaged in them. In
Louisiana highland rioo does not pay.
nnd only the aquatic plant is found
profitable,
?Harpers Young People gives this
estimate of the world's population : the
earth's inhabitants number 1,479,725),>00.
Of this hordo 820,000,000 live in
Asia. .T?7.000.000 in Kuropo, 1(54,000,000
in Africa, and 122,500,000in North and
South America. In the United States
there aro 06,000,000 people, or about
twenty-two people to every square
mile. In all America the rate is eight
persons to the square mile ; in Uuropo
it is ninety-four, in Asia forty-seven,
ind in Africa fourteen. If this is so,
think how qucerly and unevenly we
lire distributed In towns, as in Now
York, where hundreds and hundreds
>f people will live all crowded together
in one block, which if only a twentieth
part, or less, of tho square mile thoy
ire meant to cover.
IT TAKES YOUR MONEY
WL ?on^y 25 cents to
Kwl k'Vy a glass vial of
BjP| lb\ Piereo's Pleasant
W vou get a lasting
L? benefit and a permaneat
cure of your
KISiIFj Bilious or Sick IleadWM&
>5 ache, Constipation or
1 $' ^"^'gestion, loss of
[nffllllllilllflSy appetite, and all those
S , v.v11men wnicn IOIIOV I
ft disordered liver.
jSS Tho timo to treat an
/jflS inactivo liver is before it
becomes a diseaso. If
fftrt theso tiny PeViets were in'
every day use peoplo i
|*d would b'j germ - proof,
rffea Tho germs of diseaso
make their entrance to
3^50 tho system through tho
liver ? your health and
well-being depends on tho liver.
If you suffer from wind and pain
in the stomach, giddiness, costiveness,
disturbed sleep, you get immediate
relief from the use of "Pleasant
Pellets."
They'ro f/iiaranteed to give satisfaction,
or money returned.
A "coi.d in tiiT.i iibad" is quickly |
vuiUU Dy lJr. Sage's I
Catarrh Remedy. So
is Catarrhal Headache,
Y*y ^ and every trouble that
L is caused by Catarrh.
IPtoPMwW So is Catarrh itself.
V proprietors offer
$500 in cash for any
caso which they cannot cure. Sold
by all dealers in medicines.
SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY!
A Great Mistake.
_
I
A recent discovery Is that hcadaeho,
dizziness, dullness, confusion of the mind,
ote.. are duo to derangement of tho nervo
centers which supply tho brain with nerve
foreoj that Indigestion, dyspepsia, neuralgia,
j wind In stomach, etc., arlso from tho derangement
of tho nervo centers supplying theso organs
with nerve lluid or force. This Is likewise
true of many diseases of the heart and lungs.
Tho nervo system is llko a telegraph system,
us will be seen by 4ho accompanying
cut. Tho llttlo s7Ski
white lines are
the nerves which
convey tho nervo rciflr
i'.ii Ht ?.f dlsea hikI author
of many noted treatises on the latter subject,
long since realized the truth of tho first
statement, und his Restorative Norvlno
Is prepared on that principle. Its success
in curing all diseases arising from derangement
of the nervous system is wonderful,
as tho thousands of unsolicited testimonials
In iiossoswlon of tho company iminufac->
taring tno remedy amply prove.
Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine Is a reliable
remedy for all nervous diseases, such as
headache, nervous debility, prostration,
sleeplessness, dizziness hysteria, sexual debility,
St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, etc. It Is
sold by all druggists on a positive guarantoe,
or sent direct by tho Dr. Miles Medical Co.,
Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle,
six bottles for 15, express prepaid.
Restorative Nervine positively coutuins ik?
opiates or dangerous drugs.
Sold by Carpenter Bros., Druggist.
What is Beauty??A youp.g gentleman,
describing ayounggiri tosomo
of his friends said that she was beautiful.
They naturally expected to too
sotno radiant creature with which they ^
would be instantly charmed. This,
however, was not tho ea>'o, for they ^
found the girl extremely plain, and a
laugh was indulged in * at the young
mall's expense. But in a verv short.
his friends found they had laughed
too soon. The young lady was one of
a large pleasure party which wont olT
for a week's outing, and when the
party returned there was not a one
among them who did not think her
beautiful. It was she who hr*d responded
more quickly to requests of
her elders, rendering swer t service in
a charming way which van better bo
understood by the delight recipont
I than by any pen picture, however
| vivid. It was she who run with gentle
I helpfulness to the rescue of ovory
troubled child she who had given up
her seat to an older or more wearied
person with a tact not always shown
even by kindly disposed persons. In
fact she had unostentatiously done the
countless loving little n ets which stamp
the doer as a follower of the "One ulI
together lovely.
Tr.ainixt: Children?An important
thing in the training of children Is to
teach thein to finish what they begin.
If a little girl is making a drcsS for
her doll she ougr,t to be taught to finish
it, and not \<? lay it away half done
to begin another dress or to sock some
other amusement. It may bo said that
it is a matter of no importance whether
the doll's dress is finished at all or
not. Yes, but it is a matter of some
importance that your child shall not
get into tho habit of quitting things
half done. If children be allowed to
form the habit of leaving unfinished
tho unimportant things of childhood,,
the. luihit will cling to them when they
have to deal with tho important things
of later life. A child who will begin
one thing and quit it unfinished to
make another and that again for something'
else, is laying a poor foundation
for tho future. Aud the parent who
permits a child to form such a habit is
responsible for that child's failure in
life. One thing begun and finished is
mil hi many tilings begun anil unfinished.
With an oyo to the future 1 ifc>
of your chililron tench thein to finish
what they begin, though they be making
nothing but doll's dresses or building
houses of v/oodon blocks.?A. It.
Presbyterian.
Do Woman Know??That eanoseated
chair-bottoms that have b.ecomo
sagged may he made as tight os ever
by washing tl\cm with hot soap suds
and leaving to dry in open air.
That embroidery should a'.ways ho
ironed on the. wrong side on a ^lt. surface,
such as heavy llannol or 'citing,
with a clean white cloth over it, and
should bo ironed until thoroughly dry.
In this way the dosigti will beautifully
be brought out.
That flies do not liko tho odor of
clover, and that a bi inch of theso blossoms
left drying in a room will effectually
expel them.
That traeos of in ml may be removed
from black droBoes l>y rubbing tho
stains with raw potato.
That covers of lard pails may bo
utilized b'y placing them under pots
and Ham:' pans when the stove is too
hot. ?
Japanese Pile Cure is tho only one
that i an ho guaranteed, as it is tho
only cure. Sold ly Caprenter Ilros.,
Greenville, S. C.
Cases of 10 years standing whijp'C operations
have failed, have boon mred
by Japanese I'ileCuve. Sold by Carpenter
Bros., Greenv ille, S. G.
When traveling, always take a < ako
of Johnson's Oriental Soap with you;
diseases are often caught from using
hotel soap. Sold by Carpenter Bros.,
Greenville, S. C. . 3
Tf TT I
n. iteiromao, Milwaukee, writes:
"One box Jupanese i'ilo Cure iias
( Ui'od m*? of it case ot 28 yours bcanditip,
uftor Yeinp treated by Now. York's
bost ]) bysicians." Sold by Cuj-peutor 3
Bros.. Croenvilo, S. C.
.
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fifivi IP LSsi^
CUiatB j
A Now and Complete Troatment, consisting ot
HUPI'OHITOKIKH, Capsules ot Ointni ?nt and two i
linxos of Ointment. A never-falling C? iro for I'ilo*
of every nature an.t degroo. It make* i in operation
with tho knife or injections of carbolic acid, which
are painful and sqtdorn a permanent cur o, and often
resulting in death, unnecessary. Wl >y endurs
this terrible cllanna*? We gui irnntee O
boxes to cure any onso. You o aly pay for
bonoflta received, tl a box, 6 for |5. 8 int by mall.
Guarantees issued by our agent*.
ftANAHPATlflN Cured. Pile* IPwsntsd, 1
lelino I liM I iun by Japanese Uver Pellets 1
the great I.IVER and HTOMACH KKGU I.ATOR and
UI.OOO I'UMFIKK. H -nail, mild and pleasant to 1
take, especially adapted for children's u ae. OObosea I
% cents. *
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